Mary Flake de Flores

Mary Carol Flake was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the eldest of seven children, and was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She earned a bachelor's degree in textiles and marketing from Louisiana State University, where she met Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé. They married in 1973 and have two children: Mary Elizabeth Flores, since 2010 the Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations, and Carlos David Flores Flake. Her husband became involved in politics in the 1970s and was elected president in the 1997 general election, serving from January 1998 to January 2002. ==As First Lady and after==

As First Lady, Mary Flake de Flores was Honorary President of the Honduran Institute of Childhood and Family, participated in the Ninth Conference of Spouses of Heads of State and Government of the Americas, == Honors ==

• Nominated by the International Commission of Women for 1997 International Woman of the Year • Medal of Merit of the Honduran Federation of Women Fellowship, for her humanitarian work during and after Hurricane Mitch, which severely damaged Honduras in October 1998. • Caribbean Latin American Action Star of Caribbean Award, 1999 • 2000 Humanitarian Award of the Sabin Vaccine Institute == References ==